Bethlehem Steel through the years

FILE PHOTO, THE MORNING CALL

An ingot mold was left half-buried in the dust inside the electric furnace melt shop at Bethlehem Steel. Much of the home plant's valuable equipment was salvaged and sent to other Bethlehem Steel plants. The melt shop used smaller electric furnaces to melt scrap steel, which then was poured into ingots and sent to the plant's forges.

An ingot mold was left half-buried in the dust inside the electric furnace melt shop at Bethlehem Steel. Much of the home plant's valuable equipment was salvaged and sent to other Bethlehem Steel plants. The melt shop used smaller electric furnaces to melt scrap steel, which then was poured into ingots and sent to the plant's forges.

(FILE PHOTO, THE MORNING CALL)

An ingot mold was left half-buried in the dust inside the electric furnace melt shop at Bethlehem Steel. Much of the home plant's valuable equipment was salvaged and sent to other Bethlehem Steel plants. The melt shop used smaller electric furnaces to melt scrap steel, which then was poured into ingots and sent to the plant's forges.